- User-friendly software offers powerful new ways to organize, find, and share information
- Keeps your network running smoothly and securely without excessive reliance on dedicated IT support; ideal for organizations of all sizes
- Sophisticated data protection and auditing capabilities help simplify IT management and can help lower costs for regulatory compliance
- Warns you of impending hardware failures early on, so you don’t have to worry about the devastating loss of any important business data
- Includes Small Business Resources, a built-in how-to guide leads you through everyday tasks and troubleshooting in non-technical language; more securely connects you to your business information whether you’re in or out of the office
Product Description
Windows Vista Business is the primary edition of Windows Vista for business desktop and mobile PCs. Windows Vista Business helps keep PCs running smoothly and securely, with less reliance on dedicated IT support. For larger organizations, Windows Vista Business provides dramatic new infrastructure improvements, enabling IT staff to spend more time adding strategic value to the business. Windows Vista Business also offers powerful new ways to organize, find, and shar… More >>
You can get Mac OS X for 129 bucks and it has everything as opposed to the Microsoft’s 227 dollar Home Premium which is the low end. Buy Mac and get all the functionality in one OS. When spec’ed out the system are comparable in price, except apple doesn’t offer low-end hardware options which is why they seem more expensive.
Rating: 1 / 5
Vista features cause seizures in people with pattern sensitive / motion sensitive epilepsy and they can not be disabled. ( There are options to turn off blinking cursor and “unnecessary animations” if you search for them, while having seizures of course while you do so )
I wanted to purchase a newer notebook than the one I am currently using to write this review so I purchased a brand new HP Pavilion ( HP Pavilion dv9500t ). See order below. I wanted better screen resolution as I have fairly serious eye problems and I wanted better performance than this Compaq R4010T that I had to go back to to write this review on..
I have really bad epilepsy ( and it is getting worse and worse because I keep getting clobbered by this bad technology ) and I am having seizure after seizure using THE NEW COMPUTER WITH WINDOWS VISTA ON IT because of Microsoft Vista’s inaccessibility.
The problem is that Microsoft has gone from the innocuous “hourglass” icon to the Apple “spinning wheel” style icon whenever you click on almost ANYTHING. I have turned off every option, feature, flag that I can trying to stop this and I can’t.
I absolutely can’t use this computer and I can’t use Vista. What sort of idiots are these people? Haven’t they ever heard of epilepsy? I abandoned Apple Macs because of my epilepsy and now Microsoft has to try to out apple Apple with this lemon.
My brain really can’t afford to have any more seizures. I have repeatedly told my doctor that I have to go to ZERO blinking / flashing / animations with NO exceptions. Good luck with all this terrible technology. Unfortunately, nothing will kill me so I have to suffer and suffer and suffer. I have to use a computer as that is the ONLY way I can get anything done such as shopping.
The problem is that I can see that the clock is ticking and it is just a matter of time before I, and people like me, are totally disenfranchised from the moder world. ( Recently I had to go back to a rotary telephone because I no longer tolerated my higher tech LCD phone )
Anyways, this review won’t last long because we all have to have a rosy view of how great everything is and we don’t want to be disturbed by roadkills like me on the information superhighway.
$1823.27 down the drain.
Thanks, Bill.
Roy S. Miller ( I’d give me name, address, phone number and shoe size but I am so ill that all I am doing right now is trying to survive. The best analogy that I can come up with is that someone chained a concrete block to me and I was thrown off the stern of the Love Boat. Everybody on board is too busy partying to care about anyone or anything but themselves. )
- Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista Business (32-bit)
- Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
- 17.0″ WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050)
- 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
- 511MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
- HP Imprint (Radiance) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone
- Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection and Bluetooth(TM)
- 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
- FREE Upgrade to LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
- No TV Tuner w/remote control
- 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
- Microsoft(R) Works Suite 2006 includes Word
Rating: 1 / 5
I was a private beta tester for the new OS. I tested the software for a whole year and I am not pleased with it.
If you depend on stability for your existing software, you are out of luck. The hardware and software support for the new operating system is horrible. Many businesses will have to upgrade their hardware to use Windows Vista.
You are better off upgrading to a Mac. After all, Microsoft did steal many ideas from Apple Computers.
Rating: 1 / 5
So I did the unthinkable. I put Windows Vista Business on my Mac–specifically my Mac Mini. it works great, no system slow downs and no crashes. The Mac handles Vista beautifully. I had no problems using Boot Camp 1.2 in order to install it. The Mac Drivers for Vista (included with Boot Camp) all worked fine. The Vista installation took all of about 30 minutes including some updates and such. I had Windows XP home on my mac b4 and while it worked well , Vista Business works much more smoothly.
As you may or may not know a Mac Mini is not exactly a powerhouse computer. I have a 1.66 gigahertz Core Duo with 1gb of Ram on it. It displays the Aero interface perfectly especially hooked up to my 32 inch Widescreen LCD TV. Seems even the lowest cost Mac can still make Vista shine while most PCs cant. One disclaimer tho. All intel macs can run Vista Ultimate without a hitch except the Mac Mini (which can only go up to Business/Home Premium)
While Vista is still behind OS X 10.4 (Tiger) its a much better release from XP. Now im just waiting to upgrade my little Mac Mini in October for the release of OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
Rating: 4 / 5
First off I want to respond to the previous users who have upgraded your pc’s from Vista, obviously not a good idea whatsoever, you always want a clean copy of xp or system restore the laptop/desktop if you bought a name brand PC.
People who are experiencing freezing, what are you guys talking about? There is obviously something wrong with your pc’s. I have a Sony Vaio with 2GB of RAM and a Core 2 Duo T5600 with Business on it, and the thing works very very well.
Programs not working? Yea, only some of them if they require specific drivers that aren’t developed for Vista. People saying Itunes, Firefox and other programs like that don’t work, you’ve got to be extremely dumb not to realize that everything works perfectly. All the programs work listed above and even more now.
Service Pack 1 will be released soon enough to fix any minor issues that haven’t yet been fixed.
If you don’t know how to turn things off in the control panel, like UAC you probably should have someone do it for you. That is there for your protection.
Windows Aero, can also be turned off if you don’t like its little featuers like the popup windows and flipping.
My Background:
I have 6 computers running all versions from Home Premium to Ultimate of Vista and I have only had minor driver issues, with my sound card. THATS IT. Every company that I know of has perfectly stable drivers for most devices. People who say they can’t find drivers for their printers and or other devices must be something that company doesn’t support anymore and or they haven’t looked in the correct places.
Speed? I haven’t noticed anything different, but I guess there obviously would be differences because Aero does take more memory to run the 3D interface.
Epilisy? Uhh I suggest you go to a doctor, or stop using computers all together if you have this issue. And by the way its under mouse features.
Rating: 4 / 5